Blow by blow…

Epic... Johannes The Pearl of Paarl Salie, left, and Cristiano Warrior of Faith Ndombassy, faced each other in an international junior middleweight bout, at Wynberg Military Base, at the weekend. Ndombassy won the fight via TKO in the eighth and final round.

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Epic... Johannes The Pearl of Paarl Salie, left, and Cristiano Warrior of Faith Ndombassy, faced each other in an international junior middleweight bout, at Wynberg Military Base, at the weekend. Ndombassy won the fight via TKO in the eighth and final round.

Close up... Pfariso Neluvhalani, left, swings and misses.

The main bout at Fridays boxing event, at Wynberg Military Base, was the 10-round featherweight title fight between champion Toto Helebe and Pfariso Neluvhalani.

Crowd pleaser... African Boxing Union (ABU) featherweight champion Toto Helebe, left, from Gugulethu, gets the better of his Pfariso Neluvhalani, from Limpopo, during their 10-round title fight. The fight went the distance, with Helebe dominating most of the rounds and winning via unanimous points decision to retain the title.